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j honors ‘fhelev: Stepli; by ee ■ Senate to: ay that To 1th insura; offered th care: :are covers an instrri- d include 15 ame nunc] D-Pasadeu mediately :)uld ntpn organic care sen® ilk with: nd out ik; id later. an aptt: re bring : e," he said ch was i? ,te Econo: littee, paiv rargin ne comim iill that wot: ife insurant and sumn by credited son, R-H® law exemp payments'm rents. Tuesday, February 10, lOSTA'he Battalion/Page 7 A8dVI department head finds method of identifying origins of foreign honey Photo by Mark Beal Dr. Vaughn Bryant demonstrates separation of pollen from honey. By Ty Walters Reporter A pollen expert at Texas A&M is helping to preserve the jobs and money of U.S. honey pro ducers by identifying foreign- made honey through a method he developed. By studying pollen grains found in honey, Dr. Vaughn M. Bryant, professor and head of the anthropology department, has devised a method of tracing the origin of honey. He separates the pollen, examines it under a mi croscope, and then records the type of plant from which the grains originated. He then can tell from what areas of the coun try the plant can be found. The 1985 Farm Bill created the Honey Support Program, a plan designed to provide loans for farmers and higher market prices for their honey. The program re quires the produce to be do mestic, but the Department of Agriculture suspects some farm ers buy imported honey at a lower price, and then claim it to be their own in order to receive the higher price offered by the government buyback program, Bryant said. By sending random samples to A&M, the USDA is able to spot the foreign honey. Bryant, who has written a book and several journal articles on the subject of pollen, compares his Findings with the information sent by the USDA and comments on whether the honey could pos sibly be from the United States. Compared to the amount of money that could be lost on im ported honey, the $50 fee is rela tively low, he said, and the money is used to pay lab costs and materials. Bryant said most of the sam ples are legitimate. The government wants pro ducers to know about this pro gram to deter future illegal im ports, he added. Before the support program began, China and Mexico were the leading importers of honey into the United States. Though President Ronald Reagan re cently extended the program through 1990, the buyback rates are expected to go down as much as 5 percent each year, according to the American Bee Journal. Some farmers think the lower ing rates might pressure others to buy the imported product fo mix in with their own honey. Bryant’s testing will serve to keep anyone from Using foreign honey as his own. Pollen researchers have be come increasingly important to the oil industry because of their ability to use pollen in core sam ples to find productive drilling areas. But the field still is rela tively small and unknown. “There are only a few of us,” Bryant said. Atlanta wins out over Houston in bid for 1988 Democratic convention site sing uipmentitel counterfel for sellinp] a minor is-. ; ce driver's q vsic forms eit driver’s- I if forgedfj ier is an off'! WASHINGTON (AP) — Demo- jerats have chosen Atlanta to host the party’s 1988 national convention, [sources said Monday. Democratic Party Chairman Paul iKirk is expected to announce his se lection of the Georgia capital today, after talking privately with the site- selection committee that gathered here Monday night. Atlanta triumphed over Houston, the other Southern city considered the frontrunner among the five cit ies remaining in the year-long selec tion process, said the sources, who spoke on the condition they not be identified. Previously, Kirk has given no pub lic hint of his preference among the five cities still officially in the run ning: Atlanta, Houston, Kansas City, Mo., New York and Washington. But Democratic officials frequently FBI investigates disappearance of 4-month-old girl from hospital ysical chatfj /rong i show 899 ,criii«l against W ag alcohol the last h4 There filed in M . was raised»| lational >1 e Act, ^ od states » s CROSBYTON (AP) — The unex plained disappearance of a 4-month- ald girl from a hospital is under in vestigation by sheriffs officials and the FBI, authorities said Monday. Lynsae Lysette Quintero was last seen at the Crosbyton Clinic Hospi tal early in the morning of Jan. 31, >osby County Sheriff Red Riley said. The baby had been in the hos pital since Jan. 26. he said. Riley said the investigation is at a standstill. “This whole case has been strange trom the beginning,” Riley said. ”0ur small town doesn’t know what to think about this. I’m getting frus trated because no two people have given us the same story. Everywhere ' we turn, we just run into another dead end.” Riley said the baby’s 18-year-old mother, Carmel Julie Quintero, was sleeping in the infant’s room when the incident occurred, but added that the baby was being treated in a noisy oxygen tent. Someone possibly could have taken the child without awakening the mother, he said. “I can hardly eat or sleep,” the mother said. “Food just won’t stay in my stomach. Now, I’m just waiting for someone to bring me good news.” At least four FBI agents have been working on the case, Riley said. Officials have talked with numer ous friends of the family who had visited the baby, and the mother sub mitted a list of names to officials, the sheriff said. FBI officials said they could not comment on the investigation. “At this particular time, we are not able to release anything,” FBI agent Rick Harris said. “We’re con cerned about the child’s safety and so we cannot say anything right now.” A polygraph test was adminis tered to the mother by FBI agents, Riley said. Hospital officials also have been questioned, he said. “We’re making a lot of people mad because they think we’re ha rassing them,” Riley said. Hospital officials declined com ment. “You will not find any employee here who will speak to you,” said Su- zette Luker, an employee at the hos pital. V Summer Jobs Interviews for Summer positions will be held Mon. February 16 MSC Rooms 226-230 9:00 am-4:00 pm ©cruiters from 30-40 camps will be on campus to fntervie^y students seeking jobs in summer camps. Camp Day Sponsored by American Humanics Student Association said a convention in the South would bolster the party’s sagging strength in presidential balloting in the re- gion. Word of Kirk’s choice spread late Monday, as party insiders were in formed of the decision. Democratic party officials appar ently were troubled more by Hous ton’s unfinished convention center than by the shortage of seating in the Atlanta hall. Labor unions, always important in party decisions, also were said to be more comfortable with Atlanta’s relations with its em ployees than with Houston's situa tion. The site selection committee was wined and dined in every city by lo cal business and political figures lured by the promise of millions of dollars in publicity and convention business. The politicking continued until the final days. Houston sent barbe cue and apple pie to the Democratic National Committee last week, while Georgians trucked in shrimp for a festive feeding. New Orleans dropped out of the running when New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy called Kirk last week to withdraw the city’s bid for the convention, national party spokesman Terry Michael said. Although they are front-runners, Houston and Atlanta both suffer lo gistical and political drawbacks. 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